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The result was keep. Wifione ^Message 04:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of schools in Mexico (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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See WP:NOT#STATS Ramaksoud2000 ^{(Did I make a mistake?)} 02:28, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Keep - You're a bit trigger happy aren't you? It's only just been created. The list is obviously under development and, judging by the template at its foot, is part of a wider project to list schools in the North Americas. Mind you, my finger will be itching to delete any redlinks :) Sionk (talk) 02:39, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've changed my 'vote' to keep. Information is being added to the list. Discussion about its scope can be continued on its Talk page. Sionk (talk) 13:51, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. This article should not attempt to list all the schools in Mexico, nor even all the secondary-level schools in Mexico. That would make it too large to deal with easily. The list should be broken up at least by state. This page should be, at most, a list of lists. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: I'm saying that most schools would not be notable and this should be a category, not an article. Ramaksoud2000 ^{(Did I make a mistake?)} 22:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:20, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Articles that are reflected in a category can also be reflected in lists. Lists and cats are not mutually exclusive. See our relevant guideline, which states:

  "Redundancy of lists and categories is beneficial because the two categories work together; the principle is covered in the guideline Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates. Like categories, lists can be used for keeping track of changes in the listed pages, using the Related Changes feature. Unlike a category, a list also allows detection of deletion of its entries, and, more generally, a history of its contents is available; lists also permit a large number of entries to appear on a single page."

  Also, I note that we have for example List of schools in the United Kingdom, List of schools in England, List of schools in France, List of schools in Germany, List of schools in India, Lists of schools in New Zealand. (Otherstuffexists allows us to look at other stuff, if it is not the sole reason presented in a discussion). As to whether this should retain its current form, or be a list of lists, that is as Sionk points out a discussion better had on the article talk page, as it is not a reason to delete the list but rather an argument that it would be better if its format/content were revised.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:41, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per WP:NOTDUP and WP:LISTPURP. A valid list article with a discriminate focus. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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